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Did I mention that the awesome dance moves at the Alicia and Lawrence wedding reception? Our photos simply can’t convey the awesomeness. I tried hard to capture it by spending a large part of the reception crouching on the floor shooting up at people. They were remarkably understanding about my need to do this, and kept on dancing.

All over the world, people dance to celebrate transitions and rites of passage. I think dancing is a terrific way to launch two people into the matrimonial state (not that I have any firsthand experience with being launched into that). Similarly, throwing lavender is a terrific way to hasten the bride and groom to their getaway vehicle. And so, with lavender in their hair and clothes, and embarrassing phrases lovingly scribbled on their car by their friends, Alicia and Lawrence began their married life…

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Here are some photos from the reception for Alicia and Lawrence, including the toasting, the first dance, the cake cutting, and the completely hilarious bouquet and garter tossings. If there’s one thing that makes me wish I had a camera that could shoot video, it’s the tossings. Something crazy seems to happen to people when they participate in these particular rituals. Especially the garter tossings- those often turn into highly competitive wrestling matches.

At this particular wedding, however, many of the guys lined up to catch the garter were basketball teammates, so the garter was caught in the blink of an eye. We couldn’t get good shots of the garter in motion because it had barely left Lawrence’s hand before someone snagged it out of the air. We had to settle for making the guys pose with the garter after it was caught.

There are so many more photos I wish I could include here. This was a very playful, fun, informal wedding reception. Even though the room was rather dark for non-flash photos (we RARELY use a flash, so that was challenging), we were still able to get lots of shots we loved.

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In my opinion, we got a lot of great shots at this wedding, but the best by far are Patrick’s bouquet and garter tossing shots below. Amazing! And yes, those are bobblehead versions of Holly and Zach on top of their wedding cake.

Congratulations, Holly and Zach! Thanks for making us a part of your wedding day. You were marvelous clients, and we had a grand old time. Call us if you have an anniversary party!

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Future wedding clients, be warned: I WILL follow you everywhere I possibly can on your wedding day. (Don’t worry, it won’t be creepy or anything.) I especially like to ride in the car with the bride because it’s such a perfect opportunity to use my wide-angle lens. And lots of interesting stuff happens in the car on a wedding day.

The most fun thing to take pictures of at a wedding? Definitely the dancing. First dances get me all choked up, and then when everyone’s had a glass of champagne and starts dancing as a group, we photographers start clicking like mad, not having any idea what we’re getting pictures of but knowing it will be highly entertaining to look at in the days to come.

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